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    Castor and Polydeuces, my beloved, divine brothers, how I long for you. The war has adjourned and Troy has been burned to the ground and I despair that my brothers are no longer of this realm and now spend their days between Mt. Olympus and Hades, even now the two of you are inseparable. I have always admired and envied your bond and yearned for the same between Clytemnestra and I and now I am even more alone than ever. Did the King of the Heavens know of the events he’d set off, I wonder?…

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    Taurus Research Paper

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    The constellation I have chosen is Taurus, I have chosen this constellation as it is the sigh in which I was born. Taurus is one of the sighs in the Zodiac. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the early bronze age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox. The Myth of the Taurus I will be focusing on is the Greek as it is the most well known story, Zeus fell…

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    Over 40 odes were written by Pindar. Each dedicated to victors of Olympic, Nemean, Isthmian, and Pythian games. Each one is unique in style and subject. What makes his ode’s unique, though? Pindar would compare the victor and a character from a well-known mythology. The comparisons would vary with each victor. The only time these epics would differ from the normal is the odes dedicated to charioteers. Only one of the odes dedicated to a chariot-race victor focuses on the rider that won. In…

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    Short writing #3 The death of Iphigenia was mainly because Agamemnon killed a holy stag which made Artemis, goddess of the wilderness super irate. She had to get him back, so she stopped the winds so that the army could not sail to Troy. Agamemnon had to have his daughter killed in spite of that. Clytemnestra needed revenge for Agamemnon killing her so she killed him. She plans the murder with brutal tenacity and feels no remorse after his death. She is convinced of her own uprightness…

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    According to Greek mythology, Helen is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen is the daughter of the Greek god Zeus. Helen is kidnapped by the Trojans from Greece, this begins the the Trojan War. In these poems both writers Edgar Allan Poe and Hilda Doolittle try to convey and contrast Helen’s beauty and how it affects Greece. To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe, takes a positive approach to what her beauty represents while Helen by Hilda Doolittle, approaches her beauty negatively.…

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    Queen Of Troy Monologue

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    All of this leaves little hope in her. Directing Cody kept us all aware of his vision from the beginning. For my scene, he made especially clear that I was to “lead” with my eyes. This kept my character Helen to appear in a constant state of calculation and overconfidence. Later, when Helen was condemned, I was the only person in the whole show to get on my knees and beg. The other women in the cast held their dignity. Acting: Were these actors cast appropriately…

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    volcanoes on the planet is the one and only Mount Saint Helens. Mount Saint Helens is located on the border of Washington and Oregon. There are many features this volcano has and why it is one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the planet. Mount Saint Helens is a stratovolcano that blew off its cone and now looks a lot like a cinder cone volcano but is not a cinder cone volcano. What are some features on Mount Saint Helens? A feature that Mount St Helens has is that it was referred to…

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    them. I am going to tell you about three different times volcanoes have affected civilizations and you will be surprised at some of the damage done. The first volcanic eruption that I am going to tell you about happened in Kalapana, Hawaii. It was Mount Kilauea that had caused all the damage that still lies today. This explosion happened 28 years ago, on the beach town that was one of the many places affected. Before the explosion, many people said it was the most beautiful place to visit on…

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    Lauren Hill Hero

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    moving on with life, she became an inspirational figure who affected the lives of many people today is a way she would have never thought. Lauren Hill graduated from Lawrenceburg high school in Indiana and earned a scholarship to play basketball at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati Ohio. Soon before she was able to play basketball at the University her freshman year, she was diagnosed with brain cancer and had very limited time to live. As the cancer was getting worse and worse, she…

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    A single eruption at Yellowstone National Park could kill as many as 90,000 people. Though many people think it will not erupt, there is a supervolcano underneath yellowstone. Yellowstone is the first national park that is home to a super volcano. There is lots of wildlife like grizzly bears, wolves, elk, and herds of bison. These make Yellowstone a popular tourist attraction. If this supervolcano erupts it could destroy the wildlife and have a giant impact on the united states. Scientist more…

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